the series of unfortunate events
author: lemony snicket
genre: novel, mystery, humor, gothic fiction, steampunk, absurdist fiction
year: 1999
status: ☑
rating:

i honestly think if you haven't read this book series you should go in as blind as you can, but ill give a a little summery. the baudelaire siblings lose their parents in a fire, and are sent to live with their evil count olaf, who is dead set on stealing their inheritance. of course, there's much much more to it than that. but again, if you haven't already read it, just pick up the first book and give it a try, i promise it will hook you in immediately!

my grandpa introduced me to this series at a very young age, and i was immediately hooked. tbh, i'm just a short version of my grandpa, but that's another story. i don't think i've ever read a series like this one. there's something so specific about the writing, and the art, and the way the story unfolds that scratches my brain. this book series will genuinely always stay with me. my grandpa has the whole book series, and i hope i inherit it or something.

spoilers!! my favorite character is uncle monty! it seems like everyone forgets about him! he was one of the best caretakers in my opinion, like he really cared about those kids! he was such a good uncle :(. he also gives me a lot of gender envy. i remember his death DESTROYED me as a child, even though it was very very obvious it was going to happen. i plan to get count olaf's eye tattoo on my ankle one day!

BONE
author: jeff smith
genre: comics, graphic novel, fantasy, comedy, fantasy fiction
year: 1999
status: ☑
rating:

a graphic novel following the bone cousins. yes, they are little white cartoon humanoids, just role with it. after being booted from boneville fone, phoney, and smiley bone travel the desert before stumbling upon a map. after they are attacked by a swarm of locust, they find themselves lost in a village, where they are taken in by a women named thorn and her grandmother. the series is so fun, and slowly turns into a super compelling fairy tale story. this was actually one of my first memories of a girl in a story being a badass.

i found this series in the library when i was in middle school, and fell in love. this was my introduction to any sort of comic/graphic novel, and ive never found one i fucked with like this one. my grandma actaully bought me the whole series as a gift when i was younger, and its one of my prized possession tbh.

this book also has one of my favorite charecters, thorn. i was obbsessed with her as a kid, and i wish i could find some sort of merch of her. now that im writing this, i dont think ive met anyone else whose read these books. which sucks cause the story is really good, and comes together really well. not to mention how INCREDIBLE the art is.

they both die at the end
author: adam silvera
genre: YA, queer
year: 2017
status: ☑
rating:

Mateo receives a phone call from death-cast, informing him that hes a decker, and he has twenty-four hours or less to live. after being introverted all his life, Mateo attempts to spend the time he has left getting out of his shell.
i cried reading this but i cry over everything lol. i do think it gets a bit overhyped online, but the book is really good! i think if you want a sentimental, shorter read, you should def pick this book up. adam silvera is such an incredible writer, def one of my favorite authors!

spoilers!! the different stories kinda confused me at first, but the way it unraveled was so seamless, the way everyone, in some way or another, connects. it ended up being very beautiful. i got a bit bored at times, but that happens. not all the characters drew me in, but that didn't really hurt my enjoyment that much. overall, this book feels very sentimental to me, and i enjoyed reading it!

the land of stories

author: chris colfer
genre: children's fiction, adventure, fantasy
year: 2012
status: ☑
rating:

alex and conner receive a book of fairy tales from their grandmother. after alex falls into the book, conner falls in after her, leaving them in real life fairy tale.
i was OBBSESSED with this book series as a kid. it was one of the first actual books i read, and i could NOT put it down. the art, the writing, its still one of my biggest sources of insperation. chris colfer has such a specific way of writing, and the way he mixes humor with this somewhat dark fantasy world absolutly blew me away. im so happy i got my hands on this series as a kid, the art stays in my mind to this day.

infinity son

author: adam silvera
genre: fantasy fiction, queer
year: 2019
status: ☑
rating:

emil and brighton are waiting for their birthday, the day they find out if they are a celestial or not. brighton wants to be a heroic spell walker, emil wants to be at home. but when emil gets in a confrontation after a protest, his powers manifest, throwing him into the middle of a war.

i fuck with this book series HEAVY. i love re reading this series, and honestly, its one of the only series i re read. i love adam silvera's writing so much, but this book series i feel is his best work. i feel like fantasy powers are always used in the same way, but adam takes it in such an intresting direction. the charecters drew me in straight away, and the world buidling is amazing. i love thinking about the world adam created in this book, i love it.
spoilers!! im obbsessed with the slight mix of body horror and superpowers, and this is one of the only series that uses that trope! i love seeing the way a superpower could take a tole on someones body. i dont just want badass superheros, i want to see what cost their powers come with.

the five stages of andrew brawley
author: shawn david hutchinson
genre: medical fiction, YA, queer, graphic novel
year: 2015
status: ☑
rating:
after losing his family, andrew brawley now lives in a hospital, haunted by the fog of death that looms over the building. then, rusty is rolled into the er. its a wholesome story that i feel accurately describes the fear of trying to reach out to good things.

i found this book in middle school and liked it quite alot! i really really like the combination of a normal novel and a graphic novel, its so intertaining!
i dont really interact with any sort of medical media or medical fiction, its just not that interesting to me, but i did really like this book! i found the charecters very relatble at the time, but now, i mostly think of the graphic novel parts. they really stuck with me i guess.

bonding
genre: dark comedy; comedy drama; sex comedy
year: 2019
type: show
status: ☑
rating:

Tiffany enlists the help of her high school friend, pete, to be her assistant while she works as a dominatrix after her psychology classes.
my best friend hannah introduced me to this show! its two seasons, and i honestly think its great! its so hard to find shows that dont display sex workers as villians or victims or something fucking stupid like that. its also pretty introspective, in my opinion. i enjoy how mental health, sexuality, and communication is displayed.

i love this show! i wish it was more popular and had more seasons, but it came out in 2019 so i doubt more seasons will ever drop sadly.

spoilers!! the only real issue i have is a small moment where a man being scared of being hit is displayed as a joke. i never find stuff like that funny. people being scared of being hit, even in a BDSM situation, dosent make me laugh personally.

greener grass
genre: comedy, thriller
year: 2019
type: movie
status: ☑
rating:

first off i LOVE the dreamcore/sylicon valley vibe in this movie, its dope as fuck. the clothes straight up look like doll clothes its so fun! it gives the energy of children playing with dolls which i really like. although i like the style of the movie, i was pretty confused by the end of it. but that dosent mean its bad, just that i didnt get it. i was laughing and giggling the whole time though, i loved the humor!

spoilers!! i though it was going to be more thriller than comedy, but it was mostly comedy. again, thats fine, i love a comedy movie, i just had no fucking clue what was going on, or what the plot was. but maybe thats the point? like, its random cause its supposed to mirror children playing with dolls and not having any actual plot. if so, thats very fun. but it felt like verything was happening so suddenly and with zero explenation, like i couldnt really pick up a cohesive story. its two moms trying to one up eachother and then bam, theres a person pretending to be the main charecter, and bam, shes going to the middle of nowhere and asking a women for her child. its not a bad movie, i just dont know if theres an actual story here.

are you there god? it's me, margaret

genre: family, drama, comedy
year: 2023
type: movie
status: ☑
rating:
this movie is so cute! i adore the coloring outfits and sets, its just stunning to look at. i love cute movies about family!

hostel

genre: horror, suspense, thriller
year: 2005
type: movie
status: ☑
rating:

girl whatever. i understand the whole 'how the rich view the poor' thing, but it just wasent intresting at all in my opinion. i feel like the movie was more focused of insane gore than any sort of actual story. not the best thing ive ever watched but the acting was pretty good!

everything, everywhere, all at once

genre: si-fi, comedy, family, action, queer, absurdist fiction
year: 2022
type: movie
status: ☑
rating:

such an amazing movie holy shit. the whirlwind of emotions i felt watching this cannot be explained, its a fucking masterpeice, and no, i dont care if you think this movie is overrated. this is what i want to see, STORIES, i want EMOTION, i want DEPTH! not to mention that my mom is my best friend so naturally this movie made me sob.
the writing in this movie is such an insperation to me, i could only dream of writing a movie this good. but the main thing i love about this movie is the set dressing! a lot of people dont seem to care for the sets of movies, but its the first thing i notice! this movie has such gorgeous set, i love when you can tell detail was put into the background. maybe its cause im a nerd for architecture and interior design, but i always notice sets, and this movie has one of the best ones ive seen! (juno also has really good sets!)

the art of self defence

genre: thriller, drama, tragic-comedy
year: 2019
type: movie
status: ☑
rating:
this is one of my favorite movies of all time and it pains me that i never see people talk about it. not only is it visually stunning, but its the only movie ive watched about how the patriarchy hurts men, and tries to lure them into the red pill pipeline. legit, such an incredible movie, i despretly need more people to watch this film. i also want to see more movies like this, im tired of "man bad women good" "women bad man good" shit, i want movies about TRULY breaking down the patriarchy.

saint maud

genre: horror, mystery, drama, thriller
year: 2019
type: movie
status: ☑
rating:
major tw for this movie, but holy shit this was a good watch. i mean, not good, but you know what i mean. i was honestly captivated by this film. everything is so dreary, and quiet, has such sulken coloring, it truly makes you feel as drained and empty as the mc feels. the religous plot of this movie makes my brain itch (in a good way). its so eerie and fills me with paranoia, as if someone is breathing on my neck or wathcing me from a window. i would love to tell people to watch this, but its quite a dark movie, so i dont know if many people would want to watch it. and thats not a bad thing! its just quite alot. but, alot or not, i really liked it. i like when movies are okay with being slow and quite instead of fearing the watcher is getting bored.

long legs

genre: horror, mystery, crime, thriller
year: 2024
type: movie
status: ☑
rating:
this movie gets so much hate for no reason, this movie FUCKS. i sometimes get bored with crime media, but i was hooked watching this shit. the movie is so stylized, and has such an beautiful pallete, i despretly need to make an edit for this film. i dont care if its slow at some points or if the story is kind confusing, this movie is dope!
i know i talk about how movies look alot, but its the main thing i notice! sorry! the way the camera changes to film is so fucking cool, i love how stark and overwhelming the snowey scenes are. it feels like the watcher is being filled with the same sensory issues the mc is having. im obbsessed with it. also nicolas cage ate in this movie, he should be bat shit crazy in roles more. i love when someone has a VISION!

juno

genre: comedy, romance, drama
year: 2007
type: movie
status: ☑
rating:
ONE OF MY FAVORITE MOVIES EVER!!! i swear ive watched this movie so many times i could recite it. i love this movie so much. the hipness purgatory style of the 2000s will forever have my heart, and this movie falls right into that catagory. i have so many photos of clothes and objects from this movie that i want, everything about it is just so stunning. not to mention that this movie has one of the best soundtracks EVER. the acting, the humor, the styleing, everything about this movie just comes together so beautifly. this movie will forever live in my mind, and so will the soundtrack. one day i will have a burger phone and ill be cooler than all of you /j.

little miss sunshine

genre: comedy, family, drama
year: 2006
type: movie
status: ☑
rating:
one of the sweetest movies ive ever watched! this is such a genuine film about family, and the complications that come with being in one. i especially love dwayne as a charecter. i dont care if hes cannonicly autistic, he is to me. i felt so seen by his charecter, it really felt like i was punched in the face.
i love slightly dysfunctional familys who love eachother deep down. i wish i could find move family movies like this. i feel like most family movies and shows try to make one of the charecters on obvious bad with no other charecteristics so the fans have someone to hate, but i like when charecters are allowed to learn and grow. it makes movies like this so much more fun and enjoyable to watch. i hated the dad in the begining of the movie, and by the end i loved him. thats what i like in media, to be drawn in by the charecters!

humanist vampire seeking consenting suicidal person

genre: romance, comedy, fantasy, horror
year: 2023
type: movie
status: ☑
rating:
other than the use of the r slur (i dont care how annoying i am i will always bring up that word cause its fucking unnessesary) this movie is super cute!
i havent seen anyone talk about this movie, which is weird cause its one of those movies id expect to have a following. it has such an intresting concept, and the acting really makes you feel like these charecters are real people, at least in my opinion. i also really like how vampires are in this! slighly theatrical and bloodthristy is my favorite genre of vampire. i know this movie is in french, but i hope more people find it and give it a watch! i feel like people would really like it!

spoilers!! the concept for the main charecter is so intresting to me. i know its been done before, but i like the trope of a vampire. who refuses suck blood. i just love dreary and quiete charecters like her. the killing of humans was also done in a way i havent really seen in modern vampire stories. like hanging them on meat hanger things in your studio apartment? im really obbsessed with that concept, like why are more people not thinking of modern vampires like this!

hellhouse llc

genre: horror, mystery, found footage
year: 2015
type: movie
status: ☑
rating:
to be written

eternal sunshine of the spotless mind

genre: romance, si-fi, melodrama
year: 2004
type: movie
status: ☑
rating:
do i fully understand this movie? no, i do not. but i still adore this movie! this movie has some of the best acting ive ever seen, and i think if scenes from it quite often! it has such an intresting concept, and although i was confused, i enjoyed every second of this movie. and yes, like every other movie, i have to gush over how beautiful this movie looks! this is legit one of the most captivating films ive ever watched. every single frame is so intential, and has such beautiful coloring, i just adore it. this will forever be in my top movies, truly a timeless watch!

spree

genre: horror, thriller, comedy, action
year: 2020
type: movie
status: ☑
rating:
why does every movie have the r slur holy shit.
anyways, i really like this movie! its super fun and has such a funny and unique plot. i love live streaming type plots in horror, it just makes for such a cool plot. its strange i dont see more about this film, its funny as fuck and has alot of moments i think could be used as memes. also the actors in this are incredible. i love exaggerated influencer charecters, it makes me chuckle. also the idea of watching someone lose thier mind of instagram live is fucking amazing and im shocked we dont have more movies like this. if you want to watch another movie like this, check out 'ivan irl' on youtube! (not sponsered or anything, spree just reminded me of it.)

spermworld

genre: documentary
year: 2024
type: movie
status: ☑
rating:
i didn't expect to enjoy a documentary about sperm donors as much as i did, but here we are. as usual, i really enjoyed the editing and camera work in this. other docs feel very professional and sleek, but this felt more dreamy and personal. zooming in on faces, what people are eating. you also get to see real people interact in real time, and i think that's very intriguing to watch. the slight awkwardness of trying to start a conversation, the reality of having multiple children, the stress of managing time, and how it can complicate relationships. i found it to be very vulnerable and honest. no good guy or bad guy, just the real complications of being a person.

sinners

genre: western, supernatural, action, thriller
year: 2025
type: movie
status: ☑
rating:
to be written

on the count of three

genre: dark comedy, crime
year: 2024
type: movie
status: ☑
rating:
to be written

tokyo ghoul

studio: studio pierrot
genre: action, drama, horror, psychological, supernatural
year: 2014
status: ☑
rating:
dont get me wrong, i really like tokyo ghoul, but i heard it deviates from the manga after season 1, and i can sadly tell. but season one is genuienly one of my favorite peices of anime. this was also one of the first specificly horror based animes i watched and i was facinated by the body horror. it still sticks with me when i try to make my own horror stuff.

sadly, after season one i found myself getting less and less intrested. it was still visually great but the story just got really boring to me. tbh the only reason i kept watching was for uta and juuzou. juuzou will live in my head forever i fear. i took one look at him as a child as KNEW who i was meant to be. he was also my first androgynous icon. i still want red thread all over my body because of him, not like a tattoo, an acual body modification, but it would be impracticle.

in yesterday's light

artist: perry maysun
genre: hiphop, rap
year: 2024
status: ☑
rating:
perry is a more recent artist i found, but i fuck with just about every single song he drops. something about his voice and the beats, i dont know how to describe it but its like i can hear how close he is to the mic i love it. i love when theres emotion behind someones voice.